Mehleng ea boholo-holo Basotho bane ba sebelisa litlama tsa naha ele lijo tsa bona. E kabang lijo tsa balisana naheng kapa tse jeoang malapeng. Tse ling tsa tsona Basotho baile ba libitsa meroho ea sesotho.

1. Meroho ea Sesotho
Ka: Mahlapha Molefi

2. Selelekela
Basotho, joaloka mefuta e meng ea lichaba le
bona bana le tseo ba ikhethang ka tsona
lichabeng tse ling. Re ka bua ka meetlo, lijo,
meaparo le tse ling tse ngata. Joale nakong ena
ketlo bua ka lijo, lijong mona ketlo bua ka
mefuta ea meroho ea Sesotho, e leng meroho e
itlhahisitseng.

3. Mefuta ea meroho ea Sesotho
 Tladi (1951:9-10), o re mehleng ea boholo-holo,
Basotho bane ba e-ja meroho ea naha. Meroho ea
naha ke meroho e metala. Ho eona re ka bolela;
 Theepe
 Bobatsi
 Leshoabe
 Petlekheme
 Moetse oa pere

4. Ntšetso pele ea mabitso a meroho
 Keresi
 Seruoe
 Sepaile
 Motsuntsunyane

5. Tlhaloso le litšoantšo tsa meroho.
 Futhwa (2013:88). O hlalosa meroho e
latelang:
 Seruoe
 Theepe
 Bobatsi

6. 1. Seruoe
 Seruoe ke mofuta oa moroho o mahaba a mahoashe, o
na le ntho e thokoa e etsang hore o hoashe.
 Setšoantšo ka: www.snapgreen.in

7. 2. Theepe
 Theepe ke mofuta oa moroho o mahaba a boreleli.
 Setšoantšo ka: drfers.ng

8. 3. Bobatsi
 Ke mofuta oa moroho o mahaba a solang haholo. Ka
lebaka la hosola hoa oona, motho o ba hlokolosi nakong
eo a o khang.
 Setšoantšo ka: sites.google.com

9. 4. Keresi (malinokana)
 Joalo ka ha lebitso le bolela, keresi ke moroho o melang
linokaneng le mekhoabong. O atleha haholo moo metsi a
leng mangata. Libakeng tse ling bao bitsa malinokana.
 Setšoantšo ka: stocksy.com

10. 5. Sepaile sa thaba (Sepatlapatla)
 Sepaile ke mofuta oa moroho o mahaba a sephara. Ke
moroho o hlahang haholo masimong a seng a letse.
Libakeng tse ling ba o bitsa Sepatlapatla ka lebaka la
lihaba tsa oona.
 Setšoantšo ka: plant Abundance

11. 6. Moetse oa pere
 Moetse oa pere ke mofuta oa moroho o mahaba a
masesanyane a matelele. O hlaha o entse mola joaloka ha
e ka o lengoe ke motho ka morero. Moroho oona o
shebahala joaloka moetse oa pere.
 Setšoantšo ka: davesgarden.com

12. 7. Leshoabe
 Leshoabe ke o mong oa meroho e solang. Ke moroho o
qhoaeang ka hanong.
Setšoantšo ka: www.pinterest.co.uk

13. 8. Petlekheme
 Ke moroho o batlileng o shebahala joaloka theepe, empa
oona mahaba a oona a sephara ho feta a theepe.
 Setšoantšo ka: www.indiamart.com

14. 9. Motsuntsunyane
 Ho ea ka S.Tladi (1951), Motsuntsunyane ke moroho o chekoang
likotolana tse ka tlase. Ke moroho o neng o jeoa linakong tsa
litlala tsa lifaqane le tsa tsie e khubelu ha mabele a le sieo.
Setšoantšo ka: abcjournal.org

15. Nako eo meroho ena e hlahang ka eona
 Meroho ena bongata e hlaha ha selemo sa
Basotho se thoasa litlama_tlama tse tala li
qala ho hlaha. Ke tjena Basotho ba ileng ba
e bitsa meroho ea Sesotho. E meng e ba
teng selemo ho pota.

16. Meroho ee e atleha ha hole joang?
 Meroho ena e atleha haholo nakong eo
lipula li nang, leha sebaka seo e metseng
ho sona se na le mobu o manoni.

17. Mehloli ea lipatlisiso
 Davesgarden.com, (2015). Salsify plant. [image]
Available at: http://www.shutterstock.com [Accessed
on 26 Jul.2019]
 Drfers.in, (2010). Red amaranth plant. [image]
Available at: http://www.picsearch.com [Accessed on
26 Jul.2019]
 Futhwa, F. (2013). Nalane ya Mosotho. Alberton:
Fezekile Futhwa, p.88,89-90.

18. Ntšetso pele ea mehloli ea lipatlisiso.
 Indiamart.com, (2012). Forget me not
plant. [image] Available at:
http://ohiostate.pressbooks.pub [Accessed
on 26 Jul.2019]
 Pintrest.co.uk, (2010). Milk thistle plant.
[image] Available at: http://pintrest.com
[Accessed on 26 Jul.2019]

19. Ntšetso pele ea mehloli ea lipatlisiso.
 Plant Abundance, (2017). Wild mustard plant.
[image] Available at: http://geographic.org
[Accessed on 26 Jul.2019]
 Stocksy.com, (2018). Aquatic plant. [image]
Available at: http://aquaplant.tamu.edu
[Accessed on 26 Jul.2019]
 Tladi, S. (1951). Mehla ea boholo-holo. Morija
Lesotho: Morija sesutho book depot, p.10-11.

20. Boitsebiso.
 Mabitso: Mahlapha Molefi
 Selemo sa boithuto: 2019
 Email: mahlaphamolefi@gmail.com
 Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/public/Mahlapha.molefi
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